Creating Cancer Milestones

The Davis family has a simple motto when it comes to their foundation's work: "Keep on Tuckin'."

That's Tuckin', as in Tucker Lowe Davis, who died in 2010 from a rare form of liver cancer called fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma. The family launched the Greenwich, Conn.-based Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation to find life-extending options and treatments, and provide support to patients and money for research. To date, the foundation has raised a little over $3 million, about half of which is in reserve for future...